Rio Tinto: Driverless mine dumpers in Australian iron-ore mine

Mining companies are rolling out autonomous trucks, drills, and trains, which will boost efficiency but also reduce the need for human employees ...

Each of these trucks is the size of a small two-story house. None has a driver or anyone else on board.Mining company Rio Tinto has 73 of these titans hauling iron ore 24 hours a day at four mines in Australia’s Mars-red northwest corner. Read on...